Scoring Rubric MED Comprehensive Exam 2002

Each question response will be scored on five scales: Concept, Thesis, Support, Organization, Language. Maximum possible score for each response is 20 points (4 points on each of the five scales). Minimum passing score for each response is 14 points with no scale subscore lower than 2.

CONCEPT

THESIS

SUPPORT

ORGANIZATION

LANGUAGE

4

responds incisively to the prompt; analysis relevant, sophisticated, and original

controlling thesis is specific, arguable, and complex; gives response a sense of inevitability